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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1618521" data-attributes="member: 438800">The case of France.A new study by the "Santé publique France" agency, quoted today in Le Figaro, notes that in recent years the number of diabetics in that country has been increasing at an annual rate of 2.1%. As of 2015, 6% of French men and 4% of women were diabetic. More than 1 in 5 men aged between 70 and 84 were diabetic. The total number of diabetics in France was 3.3 million (no breakdown of T1 vs. T2 provided, but the article quotes a specialist doctor as saying 92% of the diabetics are T2).The main factors cited are the aging of the population, better detection of the disease, and an increase in people being overweight or obese. The prevalence is higher in poorer parts of the country. The rate is especially high in overseas French territories and departments: 10% of people in Réunion were diabetic, 9% in Guadeloupe and 8% in French Guyana.The study also says that those living in poorer regions or from poorer families have fewer chances of playing sports (affecting children in particular) and that poverty is also "seldom compatible" with a healthy diet.The Figaro article (in French) is here: <a href="http://sante.lefigaro.fr/article/avec-le-surpoids-et-l-obesite-le-diabete-progresse-en-france/" target="_blank">http://sante.lefigaro.fr/article/avec-le-surpoids-et-l-obesite-le-diabete-progresse-en-france/</a>.</blockquote>

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